“The Second Battle for Horseshoe Bend”

A brief bit about Alabama historical sites and preservation:
http://alabamamounds.wordpress​.com/2011/07/27/the-second-bat​tle-for-horseshoe-bend/ —
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– Cathy

Greyhound Moves Local Stop

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Greyhound moving local stop to Oxford

by Star staff

Jul 05, 2011

Greyhound said today it is relocating its local stop to Oxford next week, seeking quicker access to Interstate 20 for its buses and more dining and rest area options for its passengers.[... CLICK through for complete story]

The company confirmed the move in response to a request from The Star today.

Read more: Anniston Star – Greyhound moving local stop to Oxford

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So folks who need to catch the bus in Anniston are completely out of luck…huh?

 

– Cathy

Welcome New Readers

If this is your first visit to this site, please browse through things.

This site is mostly about the Calhoun County, Alabama area — with off-shoots related to newspaper articles, and various other current events that occur in the towns near Jacksonville.

If you want to search for certain topics, try the ‘box’ at the right…if you move your mouse over the list of links — you can see a brief description of what other topics I try to keep track of.

From time to time the ‘theme’ of this BLOG may change, but the content will remain the same (unless minor spelling and other things need correcting).

Please visit often, as I will do my best to post additional items that may be of interest to folks who have found this BLOG.

Thank you, for your visit.

– Cathy Ann Abernathy

Beauty from disaster Kids create art from debris of tornado

Anniston Star – Beauty from disaster Kids create art from debris of tornado

While most people view storm debris as waste, Dwayne Bass sees art.

When Bass, an Atlanta-based artist, heard his church was taking a mission trip to Calhoun County during Memorial Day weekend, he couldn’t wait to help. After seeing waste materials while helping rebuild a house, his creative instincts kicked in immediately.

“I’m focused on taking waste and turning it into something beautiful,” Bass said.

A week ago, he pitched an art project for the kids’ vacation Bible school at First Baptist Church of Williams near Jacksonville, an affiliate church of his Macon, Ga., congregation. His idea was to create artwork with the abundance of debris that would normally go to the landfill. He said everyone was excited and on board.[... <-- click through for complete article <---]

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Yes, you can be creative with debri.

– Cathy

Benefit Concert at Foggy Hollow, Tonight

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“A lot of people have seen pictures and video of the April 27 storm and tornado damage in the state.

Glen Williams lived it.

He said that is why he is hosting a benefit concert to aid Webster’s Chapel and four other communities in Calhoun County and St. Clair County still working at recovering from the extensive storm damage.

The concert at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Foggy Hollow Farm in Webster’s Chapel will feature Three on a String, the Gold City Quartet and Williams’ group, Foggy Hollow, with fiddler and native Etowah Countian Tim Watson joining them.

The concert is free, but a “love offering” will be taken to benefit storm victims….” [ <--- click through for complete article <---]

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Good music for a good cause….

– Cathy Ann Abernathy — weavercat@gmail.com

First Post – Introduction

You say you have never heard of Chief Ladiga’s Trading Post? Yes, he lived in the foothills of northeast Alabama, before Alabama ever earned it’s statehood. Ladiga’s trading post sat on the top of a hill, surrounded by lush lands, woods, and many fresh water streams — too many to name in a brief summary.
As the white settlers began to move west from Georgia and the Carolinas — the Creeks (upper and lower nations) began to relaize it might be the wisest plan to move further west. Those who chose such a migration were able to sell what property, and goods they could not crarry on the wagon road with them — which gave them enough money to begin again in the newly formed “Indian Territories”.
Jump forward to the mid- to late- 1800′s the town of Drayton is beginning to take it’s modern ‘pioneer town’ phase.
You still say you have never of this town?
Okay, one final glimpse — it is currently home of a growing [football Division I] college/university whose mascots are the “Fighting Gamecocks”.
Now do you know the town’s present name?
Jacksonville, located in Calhoun County, Alabama
Now, you know a bit more about the history of this ‘best kept secret’ community of northeast Alabama — this blog will cover many items that related to the town, the University, the ‘founding pioneer families’, the older native american heritage; and much, much more.
Please, visit often.
– Cathy Ann Abernathy

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